Will Edgar Martinez hear his name called Tuesday afternoon when MLB Network announces the 2019 Hall of Fame inductees?
This is Martinez’s 10th and final year on the ballot and if he doesn’t earn the 75 percent of votes needed for enshrinement he’d have to take his chances later on with the Today’s Game Era Committee.
Martinez fell just short of induction last year with 70.4 percent, and it should be noted that since 1966, 19 of 20 candidates who received at least 70 percent of the vote and had eligibility remaining were elected the following year.